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Duke University

2008 - 2009 Beckman Scholars

Tessa Carducci
Title of Research: Characterization of Metal Ion Binding to Amiloid-ß and α-Synuclein
Email: tessa.carducci@duke.edu

Zachary Perret
Title of Research: Computer-Based Modeling of Shaped Pulses in Scattering Media
Email: gap@duke.edu

Syrone Liu
Title of Research: Electrohydrodynamic Processing of Functional Biomedical Scaffolds
Email: Syrone.Liu@duke.edu

Daniel Yang
Title of Research: Development of Metal complexes as Photo-Triggered Chemotherapy Agents
Email: daniel.yang@duke.edu

William B. Hudson
Title of Research: Olefins using Nitrogen Heterocyclic Carbenes (NHCs)
Email: William.B.Hudson@duke.edu

Arnav Mehta
Title of Research: Selective Transport of Iron using Host-Guest Recognition of Ferrioxamine B
Email: am97@duke.edu

Jennifer Chien
Title of Research: GFP Fusion Protein Dynamics in Drosophila Embryos and Cultured Cells

Jacqueline Ou
Title of Research: Identification of Cases of Horizontal Gene Transfer from Prokaryoites to Eukaryotes: jA Comparative Genomics Approach

Laura de Marchena
Title of Research: Gs-Gi Switching in G-Protein Coupled Receptors

Victor Gonzalez
Title of Research: Isolation and Characterization of a Transducing Bacteriophage of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

Yelena Burtseva
Title of Research: Through Genetic Manipulations of Drosophila

Heidi Hullinger
Title of Research: Identification of Possible Link Between the Human NAD Kinase Gene and Neurodegenerative Disease

Jason Donald
Title of Research: Computational Study of a Molybdenum-Containing Enzyme

Justin Odegaard
Title of Research: Transforming MutS into a Mismatch-Specific Endonuclease Using 5-Amino-Orthophenanthroline

Juliet Pulliam
Title of Research: Application of Projection Matrices to a Wild Baboon Population in Amboseli National Park

John Wiemann
Title of Research: The Role of RhoA in Wound Healing